Person:John Skaggs (7)

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John Thompson Skaggs
b.4 or 5 Dec 1760
d.Abt 1779
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m. 1756
  1. John Thompson Skaggs1760 - Abt 1779
  2. Lucy Skaggs1762 -
  3. Nancy SkaggsAbt 1764 - Bef 1841
  4. Solomon Skaggs1766 - 1820
  5. David Skaggs1767 -
  6. Sylvia Skaggs1769 - 1865
  7. James SkaggsAbt 1771 -
  8. Mary "Polly" Skaggs1771 - Aft 1809
  9. Sarah SkaggsAbt 1773 -
  10. Rachel Skaggs1774 -
  11. Stephen SkaggsAbt 1777 -
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Name John Thompson Skaggs
Gender Male
Birth[3] 4 or 5 Dec 1760
Death[2] Abt 1779
Burial[1][2] buried in a hollow log
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References
  1. ↑ Vicich, Mollie, and Juanita Luttrell. Kentucky Skaggs. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977).

    "Henry's son died while on a long hunt with his father and was buried in a hollow log"

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 #61708907 , in Find A Grave.
  3. ↑ The Archibald Thompson Diary.
  4.   Kellogg, Louise Phelps, and Reuben Gold Thwaites. Documentary history of Dunmore's war, 1774. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968)
    239.

    John is said to have traveled with his father Henry "The Long Hunter" Skaggs into the wilderness of central Kentucky. John however; fell ill and died on one of their explorations.

  5.   A hunting trip for long hunters was usually from October to the Spring. John went with his father on one of these hunts and John became ill and died. The ground was frozen solid so Henry took his son's body and put it down in a hollow tree to protect it from animals. He and Charles Sinclair either returned home or continued the hunt, it's unknown. These facts came from The Historical Society of Southwest Virginia and the author was Emory L Hamilton.
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